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| Author: | vintage [ Wed May 02, 2012 4:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Anyone seen this dial before? |
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BREITLING-DATORA-STAINLESS-STEEL-CHRONOGRAPH-WATCH-Ref-2031-C-1970s-/380433747857?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item58939e4f91 Interesting but is it a redo? |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Wed May 02, 2012 4:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone seen this dial before? |
Hmmm. If it is a redial then it's a very good job - maybe the tachymetre scale numbers are a bit thick. Based on the fact that it's not a 'normal' looking dial then I guess redial is an obvious conclusion, but I wouldn't want to put money on it. |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone seen this dial before? |
watch has been listed for quite a long time, iiirc for rather optimistic $2,500 can not imagine this dial is refinished, much too elaborate for this, though I have never seen a similar piece. |
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| Author: | Bill in Sacramento [ Sat May 05, 2012 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Parts of it seem real. |
That dial looks good except the color is unusual and pretty fresh. It has the characteristic missing numerals "15" and "45" positions of the sub-registers. When I first looked at it, I thought it was one of those period beveled crystals, but it does seem to be the dial that is washboard/waffled (I don't know what to call it). The seller calls it "bezeled," but I've never seen such a thing and find it too strange. But, it does seem to fit the movement at the cost of a dial ring around the edge. I think if Breitling were to make such a dial, they would have sorted out a way to hold it down without that gapping distance between dial and case. "Mind the Gap!" |
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